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story horse?

· phrase · irish-eng

Dublin greeting — 'what's the story, horse?' compressed.

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Inner-city Dublin greeting, short for 'what's the story, horse?' — 'horse' being a matey term of address (think 'mate' or 'pal') with no equine implications. Pure working-class Dublin, you'll hear it around Liberties, Finglas, the northside flats.

“Story horse, haven't seen ya in donkey's.”
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story horse? In A Sentence

Story horse, haven't seen ya in donkey's.

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What does story horse mean?

It's a Dublin greeting, a compressed version of 'what's the story, horse?' meaning basically 'how's it going?'

How do you use story horse in a sentence?

He walked in and shouted 'story horse?' across the pub to his mate.

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